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of
unsuccessful
or
marginally successful
projects, the readers are referred to recent
reviews by Charudattan (Charudattan 2001a, 2005).
The examples discussed in this chapter highlight the utility of biological control
in forest management practices. Biological control offers an alternative, in terms of
longevity and self-dispersal (classical biocontrol) to other weed control strategies
including chemical and mechanical weed control. From an economic and environ-
mental standpoint, biological control strategies employing plant pathogens should
form an important component of integrated forest vegetation management. Further
research on forest weed biocontrol should yield several improvements in forest
management, with new commercial products and more widely acceptable approaches
to forest management.
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